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http://www.whiotv.com/education/4232936/detail.html

This is crap. For one of my senior pictures, I wore a suit with a musical tie (with my clarinet) and no one said anything. I think there's more to this than meets the eye. I guarentee if her picture had a sweater and dress pants, there wouldn't be anything said one way or the other. This crap has gone far enough and I think it's time we put a stop to it.

Amen. Every man or woman has the right to wear whatever he/she wishes to.

I don't think we've heard the last on this. Although the decision will probably be too late to get her inclusion in the yearbook, I'll wager the girl eventually wins. I don't see their dress code arguement standing up to in court if it goes that far and I bet it will (there's probably a dozen civil rights attorneys sitting on her doorstep). You can't have one code for boys and another for girls. The school board should have just gone ahead and written a check to go along with that decision, because they're just screaming "Sue us!".......

Amen. Every man or woman has the right to wear whatever he/she wishes to.
And if anyone complains, we call it a 'kilt'. ;)

This is so pathetic. The girl felt uncomfortable exposing her chest, and as such she chose the other approved "uniform" for her picture. The school should not be stating that she was wrong for this decision, especially since this is how she wanted to be remembered in the yearbook, and it hurts absolutely no one.

http://www.whiotv.com/education/4232936/detail.html

This is crap. For one of my senior pictures, I wore a suit with a musical tie (with my clarinet) and no one said anything. I think there's more to this than meets the eye. I guarentee if her picture had a sweater and dress pants, there wouldn't be anything said one way or the other. This crap has gone far enough and I think it's time we put a stop to it.

Put a stop to a school's nazi like grip or girls wearing guy clothing, because I'm really against both.

I agree with Bolol. Since when has schools decided what students wear for senior pictures?

From now on, senior pictures must be taken in the nude. All of these silly little problems can be avoided that way.

http://www.whiotv.com/education/4232936/detail.html

This is crap. For one of my senior pictures, I wore a suit with a musical tie (with my clarinet) and no one said anything. I think there's more to this than meets the eye. I guarentee if her picture had a sweater and dress pants, there wouldn't be anything said one way or the other. This crap has gone far enough and I think it's time we put a stop to it.

at least you didn't wear one of those fish ties. hehe

Since the school provided the tops. Which is all they were. If you actually read the article, they provided the gown for female students and the tuxedo tops for male students.

The school has a dress code and they own what she wore for the picture (which as school property, they do have a right to decide who gets to wear it). Get over it. She was in the wrong.

why? just why

Just because it was a rule the school had made does mean the rule is infallible or fair or the school had any right to make it in the first place. The school, in enforcing such a sexist dress code, shows themselves to be a bunch of fucking nazis.

Notice though the following:

Although the board's ruling will keep the photo from appearing with other senior pictures, it will appear in the yearbook. Davis' parents bought a two-page ad in the back of the book for $700, which will feature the picture.

It's a pretty dumb thing to get so worked up about...I think the board just made a foolish ruling, but didn't want to back down on the principle of not backing down.

She looks hot, by the way, in the tux.

From now on, senior pictures must be taken in the nude. All of these silly little problems can be avoided that way.

She wanted to wear the tux because she was uncomfortable about exposing her chest. explain how taking the pictures in the nude would get rid of this problem.

Clearly the picture a young woman in a tuxedo could result in anyone who sees it becoming confused and contribute the spread of gayness throught the cosmos. :rolleyes:

I don't think we've heard the last on this. Although the decision will probably be too late to get her inclusion in the yearbook, I'll wager the girl eventually wins. I don't see their dress code arguement standing up to in court if it goes that far and I bet it will (there's probably a dozen civil rights attorneys sitting on her doorstep). You can't have one code for boys and another for girls. The school board should have just gone ahead and written a check to go along with that decision, because they're just screaming "Sue us!".......
Yeah, the schoolboard is going to get all kinds of their ass handed to them. They ban something from the yearbook because a lesbian wore a tux instead of a dress claiming broken dress code: bullshit. And if that wasn't enough they fired the editor of the yearbook because she voiced her opinion: mmm, lawsuit.

i fail to see how they can get away with demanding that she wore the other outfit, especially if it forces her to expose parts of her body that she did not feel comfortable exposing. if she had a horrific birthmark/scar that would have been exposed would the school react in the same way? Good on her i say.

She wanted to wear the tux because she was uncomfortable about exposing her chest. explain how taking the pictures in the nude would get rid of this problem.

I bellieve Vittos was, what you call "making a joke".


Also, I just realized, if the school distributed to uniforms (tuxes for boys and dresses for girls) how did she get a hold of a tux? Does that mean she switched with a guy? Then why isn't there a controversy over a guy wearing a dress in his photo?

I bellieve Vittos was, what you call "making a joke".


Also, I just realized, if the school distributed to uniforms (tuxes for boys and dresses for girls) how did she get a hold of a tux? Does that mean she switched with a guy? Then why isn't there a controversy over a guy wearing a dress in his photo?

I think they're generic tops. Just something that fits over your shirt so it looks like you were wearing a tux. They've probably only got a few that they all just share.

How much more lively would this discussion be if it was a male wearing the dress/wrap? I wonder...